7:30: On the road again.  Going to see the grand kids. Greg didn’t tell them we were coming so it is going to be a surprise. 

Didn’t get any pictures on this leg of the trip. Concentrating on getting there. There was traffic, a 10 gallon gas tank and a cranky dog.  

Traffic was as expected. Construction still going on in a lot of places. The ten gallon tank on this car makes it necessary to fill up at least three times to make this trip. Gas mileage is good, around 30 mpg, but the small tank doesn’t carry you very far. 

Then there was the cranky dog. Don’t know what got into Precious but we have never seen her like this. Usually she travels very well lying down and sleeping nearly the whole trip. Today it seemed like she couldn’t get into the flow. She was either thirsty, hungry, hungry and thirsty, needing a walk or held. Very unusual for her. 

7:10; The family was all out to dinner and we parked a block over till they got back. We almost arrived at the same time. It wasn’t five minutes after we got here that they pulled in and we pulled in right behind them. Maddi was first out of the car but didn’t see us until I said something and she turned around, saw Mammie and made a bee line for her as fast as she could go, jumped and head butted Mammie right in the nose. They both quickly recovered and while Mammie laughed, Maddi cried with joy over having her Mammie close at hand once again. Sadie got out of the car and ran crying to me shouting “papaw”, jumping into my arms telling me how much she missed us. Wow, that was well worth the drive.